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Makin Rawhide
jonathan creason:
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--- Quote from: Pappy on October 27, 2010, 06:23:03 am ---I just dry scape it,little more work but ,I think better quality rawhide or leather if you tan it,you are coming close to rotting the hide to get the hair to slip,that has to effect the quality. JMO. :)
Pappy
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Bingo. It doesn't take but about half an hour to dry scrape a hide, and it's not nearly as nasty and doesn't give you a wierd Goobledegockus blood infection if you have a cut on your finger.
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Then what, just stretch it and let it dry?
Hillbilly:
Jonathan, you stretch it and let it dry before you scrape the hair off. Then it's pretty much done. Okie, it's one of those horrible little bacteria that look like little villians if you look at them under an electron microscope. They even have little tiny waxed mustaches.
okiecountryboy:
--- Quote from: Hillbilly on November 16, 2010, 11:21:23 pm ---Jonathan, you stretch it and let it dry before you scrape the hair off. Then it's pretty much done. Okie, it's one of those horrible little bacteria that look like little villians if you look at them under an electron microscope. They even have little tiny waxed mustaches.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA...
THAT IS EXACTLY THE ANSWER i WAS LOOKIN FOR. Looked it up in the dictionary...you nailed it... ;D ;D ;)
God bless
Ron
Pappy:
Like this Jonathan, then whe it is scraped,just cut it loose,trim the edges off and roll it up,you are done till you need it. :)
Pappy
jonathan creason:
Looks easy enough. Thanks Steve and Pappy. I'm holding out on finishing a hickory board bow because I'd like to back it with deer rawhide instead of a dog bone. Unfortunately, the deer seem to have other plans.
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